Necktie-fastener.



No. 663,!97. Patented Dec. 4,1900.

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(Applicatipn filed M1125, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES REYNOLDS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JACOB KLOTZ, JR,

OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,197, dated December4, 1900.

- Application filed May 25, 1900. Serial No. 17,918. (No model.)

To 00 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Fasteners, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to necktie-fasteners, and it has particularrelation to that class of fasteners which are adapted to retain the tiein position during the operation of tying and also maintain the tie inproper relative position with respect to the collar.

The object of myinvention is to provides. simple and improvednecktie-fastener of the class above set forth which can be inexpensivelymanufactured and easily adjusted or operated, which will effectivelyoperate in position upon the tie in lieu of being attached to thecollar, which can be readily connected with or detached fromthe tie,which will effectively operate to retain the tie in position not onlyduring the operation of tying, but also after it is tied, and whichwill, furthermore, possess advantages in point of convenience, ease ofoperation, effectiveness, and general efficiency.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating theoperative position and connection of the fastener when the necktie iscompletely tied. Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the relativeposition of the fastener and necktie before the operation of tying. Fig.3 is a detail view showing the front side of the fastener in itsoperativeposition with relation to the tie. Fig. 4 is a detailperspective View of the fastener.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are denoted by the same numeralsof reference.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the fastener, which ispreferably constructed of a single piece of wire bent to produce themembershereinafterdescribed. Thefastener comprises at its central rearportion a socket or loop 2, which is preferably approximately U-shapedand which when in its normal operative position with relation to thecollarbutton (shown at 3 in Fig. 4) has its open end 4 at the top. Fromeach side of the central socket'loop 2 extends a semiloop, as at 5,which is adapted to embrace the edges of the necktie, as represented at6 in Figs. 1 and 2. Said semi side loops 5 are respectively arranged atthe top and bottom of the device and project in reverse directions, aswill be readily understood by reference to Fig. 4.

In the detail features of construction of the fastener and the bendingof the wire of which the same is constructed the top ends of the arms 7of the central U-shaped loop 2 are curved or turned over and downwardly,as at 8, and extended to form outer side arms, as at 9, which areapproximately parallel in their position with relation to the arms 7 ofthe loop 2 and terminate at their lower ends at approximately thecentral or middle horizontal plane of the loop 2. From the lower ends ofsaid side arms 9 the wire is carried forwardly from and with respect tothe loop 2, as at 10, and from thence outwardly to form the frontmembers of the side loops 5, as at 11. To form the upper side loop 5,the wire is continued upwardlyin a bend or curve, as at 12, and thencehorizontally across the front of the device 1 at a point in front of thetop portion of the loop 2 to form a crossbar 13. In like manner to formthe lower and reversely-extending bottom side loop 5 the wire is bent orcurved, as at 14:, from the other front member 11 and extendedhorizontally, as at 15, to form a cross-bar at a point in front of thelower portion of the central loop 2.

It will be noted that the construction and arrangement as hereinbeforedescribed provides for the arrangement of the side loops 5, which formthe means of detachable connection with the necktie on a plane somewhatin front of the main or central front loop 2, which forms the means ofconnection with the collar-button, thus providing a space for the headof the collar-button and facilitating the general operative functionsand convenient manipulation of the device. The ends of thereversely-projecting cross-bars or arms 13 and 15 of the respective sideloops 5 are preferably turned, as represented at 16, to form a roundedend or eye, whereby any tearing of the fabric of the tie by the end ofthe wire is obviated. It will be noted that in the bending of thefastener from a single piece of wire the central portion of the wirewill form the rear main or middle loop 2, while the end portions willform the side loops 5.

The operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood.

To attach the fastener 1 to the necktie, (represented at 17,) it is onlynecessary to slip one edge 6 of the tie into engagement with one of theside loops 5 in position in front of the rear central loop 2, when theother edge 6 of the tie may be similarly engaged with the other sideloop 5. This operation is simple, as will be readily understood, and canis thus greatly facilitated, and it may be in stantly applied at anydesired point upon the necktie without occasion for sliding it from theend of the tie into position. This provision for the quick mounting ofthe fastener at any desired point upon the tie extends the adaptable useof my invention to all the various forms of lies, such as thosewhichhave wide end portionsfour-in-hands, As-

cots, puif-ties, and, in fact, all kinds of ties which have a neckbandportion which by reason of its narrow width is adapted to operativelycarry the improved fastener device constituting my invention.

It will be further noted that the construction of the fastener 1 is suchthat it can be readily slid to various positions upon the necktie andthat the reversed arrangement of the retaining side loops 5 provides abroad front bearing area which retains the main central loop 2 in a firmoperative position with relation to the collar-button and does notpermit a loose or swinging movement of said loop 2. The specificarrangement of the curves and bends forming the connection between thecentral loop 2 and side loops 5 is such that considerable structuralstrength is assured at the point of greatest strain and bending of ordamage to the fastener is preeluded.

In use of the fastener it is first mounted upon the necktie in theposition shown in Fig. 2, with the rear looped portion 2 on the outsideface of the tie and with the loop 2 in upside-down position when the tieis first placed around the neck. The tie is then crossed at thecollar-button, as represented in Fig. 2. The end of the tie carrying thefastener is then inserted upwardly and over and downwardly around theother portion of the tie and the fastener 1 is put up under theneckband, so that the loop 2 is brought into normal operative positionat the front of the collar-button, as represented in Fig. 1.

The fastener is then pushed up into engagement with the collar-button,as represented in Fig. 4a, and the other end of the tie is pulled totighten the neckband around the collar. The fastener will then operateto effectively retain the tie in position during the operation of tying,and it will also serve to retain the tie in operative position withrespect to the collar during use. The ends of the tie may beconveniently regulated by sliding the fastener and varying its positionbefore adjusting the tie.

It will be noted that myimproved fastener is a direct attachment to thetie itself, and it does not depend upon any connection with the collarfor sustaining it in position.

I do not desire to be understood asrestricting myself to the exactdetails of construction and arrangement as herein shown and described,as manifest variation and'modification may be made without departingfrom the spirit and scope of my invention and improvements. I thereforereserve the right to all such variation and modification as properlycomes within the scope of my invention and. the terms of the followingclaims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. A necktie-fastenerof the class described, comprisinga rear loop or socket adapted for connection with acollar-button andcarrying at'its opposite sides open side loops consisting respectivelyof upper and lower cross bars or arms and adapted for engagementwith theside edges of a necktie.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a necktie-fastener of theclass described,bent from a single piece of Wire and comprising a rearloop or socket adapted for connection with a collar-button and havingits ends each extended outwardly at opposite sides and inwardly in-freeposition across and in front of said rear loop to form loops adapted forengagement with the side edges of a necktie.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, a necktie fastener of theclass described formed of a single piece of bent wire and comprising acentral loop-or socket adapted for connection with a collar-button andhaving its ends each turned forwardly and thence outwardly and inwardlyin free position to form side loops adapted for engagement with theedges of a necktie.

4:. As an improved article of manufacture, a necktie fastener of theclass described, formed of a single piece of bent wire and constitutingan approximately U-shaped central rear loop the end portions of whichare turned forwardly and thence outwardly and inwardly, to form openside loops, the inwardly-directed portions ofsaid side loops beingrelatively reversely arranged so that one of said portions is at theupper and the other of said portions is at the lower part of the device.

5. A necktie-fastener of the class described,

comprising a rear loop or socket adapted for In testimony whereof I havesigned my connection with a collar-button and carrying name in thepresence of the subscribing witat its opposite sides loops consistingeach of nesses.

an upper and lower cross-bar or arm and CHARLES REYNOLDS. adapted forengagement with the side edges Witnesses: of a necktie, said cross-barsprojecting oppo- JOE WILLIAMS,

sitely in a plane forwardly of said rear loop. I J AGOB KLOTZ, Jr.

